CHARLES H. ROGOVIN ’52

CHARLES H. ROGOVIN, 84, emeritus professor of law and a longtime law enforcement official at the state and federal level, died Jan. 10, 2016. He was a member of Chi Psi and received his law degree from Columbia University. A specialist in criminal law, as well as in organized and white-collar crime, he joined the Temple University School of Law faculty in 1977 and upon his retirement in 2009 was named professor of law emeritus. He held numerous high-profile jobs in public service, including serving as vice chairman of the Pennsylvania Crime Commission, assistant attorney general and chief of the criminal division in Massachusetts, and several positions with the Philadelphia district attorney’s office. A former director of the federal Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, he was a member of the President’s Commission on Organized Crime during the Reagan administration and was also an active civic volunteer. Among those who survive are his wife, Marcy Rogovin, two children, two stepchildren, two grandchildren, his brother, and his former wife, Amy Levy Rogovin.